The $7,600 Configuration Debt: How AI Cuts Django SaaS Setup from 3 Weeks to 30 Seconds
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When building a production-ready Django SaaS application, you're not just writing features. You're spending weeks wrestling with configuration files, implementing multi-tenancy, integrating payments, and setting up monitoring. This hidden cost—what we call Configuration Debt—consumes an average of 134 hours and $7,638 USD per project.
In this analysis, we'll quantify exactly where this time goes, why it matters, and how AI-powered automation can eliminate it entirely.